Korea will have greatest life expectancy by 2100: UN report

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Korea will have greatest life expectancy by 2100: UN report

A new UN report says that Koreans are the people who will live the longest by the year 2100 .
The UN's 2012 World Population Prospects report shows that the life expectancy of Koreans is set to increase to 95.5 years between the years 2095 and 2100.
Koreans currently have a life expectancy of 81 years, according to the World Health Organization.
UN officials attribute the increase in longevity to a decreasing gap between rich and poor and to people leading a relatively healthier lifestyle.
The report also noted that the global population will increase to about 11-billion around the year 2100 due to population growth in Africa and other developing countries.

Reporter : connie@arirang.co.kr

Korea Longs to See Yoo Again

Korea Longs to See Yoo Again (31-05-2013)

군복무 On May 14, an interesting poll attracted the public’s attention! According to Open Market, 11st, one actor was chosen as the most anticipated star among entertainers who reached their majority this year. Can you guess who? It was none other than Yoo Seung-ho, who made his film debut in 2002’s The Way Home집으로. Above all, the survey result reminded us of the handsome actor, who has been out of the public’s sight since entering the army to perform his military service. In October 2012, Yoo succeeded in letting go of his image as a little boy from his first film, after playing a more manly role in MBC’s Missing You보고싶다. However, Yoo suddenly joined the army on March 5 this year. In doing so, he was recognized as an actor who has a strong sense of civic duty, unlike several stars who have famously tried to avoid military service. When will Yoo come out of the army? Let’s look forward to that day!

Lab-grown organ breakthrough

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In this jar, hope for many who need a transplant. In a Boston laboratory, a rat kidney has been stripped of its cells, leaving just this white scaffold. Then the organ was reseeded with fresh cells and put into another rat. It filtered the animal's blood and produced urine. The results are promising but human trials are still a long way off.

                                      http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn23382-kidney-breakthrough-complete-labgrown-organ-works-in-rats.html

What do you think ?

1. Do you agree on bio-engineered human organs?

2. What springs to your mind when you hear the word "transplant''?
3. What came to your mind after watching the video?

4.  Do you think it would be a breakthrough on health problems?
5.  What do you think are the disadvantages of this bio-engineered organ.
6. Would you think that there will be a monster which will be created in the future?

Vocabulary

transplant

a new organ put into someone's body when the old organ fails

kidney

organ that takes away waste from the blood and produces urine

stripped of

had its parts removed

scaffold

structure that helps something to keep its shape

reseeded

here, had some new cells added, which multiply to fill the whole organ

Exercise

Use one of the words or phrases below to complete each of these sentences from news reports.  Note that you may have to change the form of a word to complete the sentence correctly.
transplant / kidney / stripped of / scaffold / reseeded
1. Madonna was said to have been angered that she and her entourage were __________ their VIP status on their way out of the country, the UK's Daily Telegraph reported. They had to line up with other passengers at the airport and were frisked by security officials, the report said. 

2. Scientists have developed a new way of generating stem cells which could boost research and drug screening. Edinburgh University has produced material that acts as a "tiny __________" to which cells can cling as they grow.

3. Carrying excess weight around the abdomen is linked to an increased risk of __________ disease, a study suggests.

4. George Best is widely regarded as one of the greatest footballers to have graced the British game. But the Manchester United icon's lifelong battle with alcoholism led to drink-driving, bankruptcy, a liver __________ and eventually death, aged 59, in 2005.

5. "Even if the lungs aren't going to be resuscitatable, and you've tried everything you can, designer drugs, we aren't going to throw those lungs away. We are going to decellularize those lungs in a bioreactor and we are going to __________ it with your stem cells which we are already trying to do and we are going to grow you new lungs," he said.

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An unusual sight in a tough environment.

Inmates in a Brazilian prison have been learning how to knit.

The scheme, which sees prisoners working on intricate woollen designs, is a collaboration between prison authorities and a fashion designer.

Prisoners are paid 75 percent of the local minimum wage and also earn days off their sentence.

tough

strong and difficult

inmates

people in prison

to knit

to make woollen clothes by creating knots with needles

intricate

complex

minimum wage

the least amount of money to be legally paid for work done

Use one of the words or phrases below to complete each of these sentences from news reports.
Note that you may have to change the form of a word to complete the sentence correctly.

tough / inmates / to knit / intricate / minimum wage

1. Each doll takes at least a month to make because of the __________detail and design, and thousands of brush strokes are used to create and layer the colour of each doll to make them as life-like as possible.

2. The 136-year-old jail was one of seven prisons shut by the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) to cut costs. The last __________were transferred to other prisons at the end of February.

3. Bangladesh's __________ for garment workers is currently $38 (£25) a month, the lowest in the world.

4. The parrot had plucked out most of its feathers was said to resemble an oven-ready chicken. A vet said it should be put down but Rebecca Blagg, the charity's coordinator, __________ jumpers to keep it warm.

5. The cave environment is a __________ place in which to make a living, limited in food and essential nutrients, forcing microorganisms to fight over limited resources.

General Tips for Living on a Budget

General Tips for Living on a Budget

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Short-term or long-term, living on a budget is easy. The key is putting some dollars away for that rainy day. Cooking on a budget is always very cheap when you do grocery shopping 1 or 2 times every month instead of doing the same shopping every week. You only need to look through the grocery store ads and note down the items you are going to be in need of. You should also consider other things that are a great deal at that time. You don’t need to buy everything from the same store. Just go from one store to another. It is not always easy doing this, but it will save you a lot of money at the end of the month.

1. Use a weekly budget planner

By planning a budget it is easier to see areas where spending can be cut back.

2. Get rid of credit cards

This will limit your spending to only the cash you actually possess.

3. Embrace a simplistic lifestyle

Eliminate purchasing any items that you have no real need for.

4. Dress in layers to avoid using the heat

Avoid the budget stretching during the winter months by dressing warmer instead of turning on the heat.

5. Only use electricity when necessary

Avoid turning on lights during the day and instead rely on natural lighting.

Amazing Car

Have you ever imagined that you might ride in a flying car someday? You might wish this when you are stuck in a traffic jam. Guess what! It is no longer just a dream. Recently, a company called Terrafugia announced its vision for the future of personal transportation. According to experts, a flying car will be available to the public within 10 years! So what kind of car is it?

The vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) flying car is called “TF-X.” The maximum seating capacity of the car is four. It can do a maximum speed of around 322km per hour. TF-X, also known as an eco-friendly hybrid car, is equipped with both an electric motor and a gasoline engine.

How can the car fly in the sky? The secret are wings that are hidden in its body. The wings come out when the car takes off. The car can fly for up to 800km on a single charge. It is said that anyone will be able to drive it, because the car has artificial intelligence technology. It is simpler and safer than a light plane, and you do not need a pilot’s license to fly it. It also has a detailed and automatic navigation system.

“Terrafugia is about increasing the level of safety, simplicity, and convenience of aviation. TF-X is an opportunity to provide the world with a new dimension of personal freedom,” said Terrafugia CEO Carl Dietrich.

New Born Baby

http://news.yahoo.com/video/newborn-rescued-sewage-pipe-china-105339937.html

BEIJING - Dramatic and graphic video emerged over the weekend from China showing a newborn baby boy being rescued from a sewage pipe.

The 5-pound infant was discovered by residents in Jinhua, in the eastern province of Zhejiang, when they heard cries coming out of a fourth floor squat toilet in a local apartment building.

When the firefighters arrived on the scene they discovered a two-day old baby lodged in the piping below the toilet. After attempts to pull the baby out of the toilet failed, the rescuers resorted to sawing off a whole section of piping containing the baby and brought it to the neighboring hospital.

The video shows firefighters and doctors taking apart the sewer pipe piece by piece under the newborn was finally revealed from inside. State media reports said that the boy's umbilical cord and placenta was still attached at the time.

"Fortunately the baby survived. But the person [who abandoned him] is still suspected of attempted murder," an unidentified police officer told the state media on Hangzhou.com.cn. Police were looking for the parents of the baby boy.

The incident has conjured up intense emotions on Chinese social media especially after the news this weekend of separate newborn discovered in a dumpster in Hebei province. That newborn did not survive.

Posting on China's twitter-like Sina Weibo user @bhdrswxjs wrote: "This should be sentenced to death, they are killing their own baby. This is not the only abandoned baby case I saw in the past ten days, one threw in dumpster and died; the other one was fleshed into toilet, those are not actions human beings should do."